Macleania floribunda Hook.

  • Authority

    Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Macleania floribunda Hook.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Napo-Pastaza: Valley of the Rio Pastaza and adjacent uplands, Sierra de los Leones, near Baiios, 7,000 ft. elev., Camp E-1697 (NY only) (subepiphytic; flowers coral-red).

  • Discussion

    The cited specimen agrees excellently in detail with the type and only previously known collection, Mathews 1442, from the Department of Amazonas, Peru. In no. 1697 the corolla has a fugacious white puberulence as well as the characteristic and more persistent brownish glandular hairs, this being the only difference noted between it and the type.

  • Distribution

    Napo-Pastaza: Valley of the Rio Pastaza and adjacent uplands, Sierra de los Leones, near Baiios, 7,000 ft. elev., Camp E-1697 (NY only) (subepiphytic; flowers coral-red).

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